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Technical experts consulted by TIME (see box following page) contend that the described sound could only occur while the White House equipment was set to record, not to playback. But if the sound was present on the original recording, it presumably would have been detected by any of a number of White House officials who have heard some of the tapes. They include the President, Miss Woods, Haldeman, Presidential Aide Stephen Bull and former Presidential Aide Alexander Butterfield. According to Buzhardt, the discovery was made only on Nov. 14, when he and another White House counsel, Samuel Powers, were cataloguing...
...Nixon's comeback effort was progressing among his loyal followers in the South and elsewhere, his larger fate remained in doubt. As the tapes episode again demonstrated, he still has not carried out the promises of candor that he has so often made. Amazingly, Nixon's aides contend that he is still trying to find ways to make the tapes and other critical facts public. His critics cannot be blamed for wondering why it is so difficult to find the means...
With two potentially strong weapons Marion expects to put up a better showing in the Ivy League than he did last year. In that ill-fated campaign the Crimson squad came in last in the league, losing several close decisions. This year, the fencers will have to contend with perennially tough Penn and Columbia before they can entertain hopes of moving into the first division...
...Harvard offense had to contend with a stingy Bruin defense and an injury-hampered lineup. "We went in hurting really bad, and it may sound like sour grapes but our team doesn't have enough materials as it is," Munro said...
...veto message, Nixon had claimed that the bill is unconstitutional because it would "take away, by a mere legislative act, authorities which the President has properly exercised under the Constitution for almost 200 years." Proponents of that view contend that the President's constitutional designation as Commander in Chief and the foreign policy responsibilities assigned to him amply demonstrate that the founding fathers intended that the Chief Executive use decisive, independent military power when necessary. As a practical matter, Nixon continued, under the new law "we may well have been unable to respond" in the Cuban missile crisis...